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San Jose Medical Center Installs ZigBee-based RTLS Across 10 Buildings

The Kaiser Permanente facility is tracking assets for preventative maintenance or clinicians' use, as well as for monitoring temperatures of cooling and warming devices.
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Successful Deployment of RTLS in Health Care

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San Joaquin Community Hospital, part of the Adventist Health System, recently deployed an enterprise-wide real-time location system (RTLS) covering 35... More

Using RTLS to Overcome Business-Management Challenges in Today's Operating Room

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The Age of Visibility

RFID adopters are discovering that the technology is opening the door to an entire new world of business intelligence.

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  • The Use of Novel Information Technology in Military Medicine and Mass Casualty Situation Training
    Published March 2010

    Jorma Jokela, a student at the University of Tampere, offers an academic dissertation on several novel information technologies, including short video clips, mobile medical information systems (IS) and RFID, which have become an essential part of education in the modern health-care field. In military medicine, there are special needs for novel technologies, especially when optimizing first aid and initial treatment in challenging field situations. Jokela's thesis studies the use of such technologies in the training of military medicine for mass-casualty scenarios. (126 pages)

  • Pharmaceutical Shifts Toward UHF RFID for Savings
    Published February 2009

    The global pharmaceutical industry dispenses more than $500 billion worth of prescription medications annually, with the distribution of regulated pharmaceuticals achieved through a complex supply chain involving thousands of trading partners who conduct business through multiple transaction levels. With this in mind, Alien Technology explores the benefits that can be derived from RFID technologies, such as stemming the influx of counterfeit drugs.

  • RFID Usage in the Patient-Care Environment
    Published July 2008

    This study, authored by Barbara Christe, Elaine Cooney, Gregg Maggioli, Dustin Doty, Robert Frye and Jason Short, examines the effects of two common passive RFID antennas—near-field and far-field—and five general types of patient-care equipment in real-use scenarios. Data was collected regarding the function of the equipment within the antennas' RF fields, in situations resembling common use.

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